Taking abortion access away from female athletes will force many of them to 'sacrifice their athletic aspirations and pursuits,' their letter reads.
The 514 signatories on Monday’s filing provided a somber look at the ways forced pregnancy could easily end many female athletes’ careers. Women who signed on to the letter include soccer star Megan Rapinoe, water polo star Ashleigh Johnson and Layshia Clarendon, who serves as WNBPA vice president.
I was on scholarship, I was just starting to succeed in my sport, and I didn’t want to take a year off. I decided to have an abortion. I wasn’t ready to be a mom, and having an abortion felt like I was given a second chance at life. I was able to take control of my future and refocus my priorities. I got better in school, I started training really hard, and that summer, I won my first national championship.
“The demands of athletics and pregnancy are physically and emotionally intense,” the filing states. “If women were to lose the agency to make individual, personal choices as to if, when, and how to balance these competing demands, many will be forced to sacrifice their athletic aspirations and pursuits.”
Some women face physical and mental health changes long after giving birth, placing their athletic pursuits in permanent jeopardy. For example, after Kara Groucher, an Olympic and professional runner, gave birth, her doctor “told her she must choose: run 120 miles each week or breastfeed her son. Her body couldn’t do both.” And she “has suffered from chronic hip injuries ever since she raced the Boston Marathon seven months after childbirth.
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